Definition of the noun algonquian

What does algonquian mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: Algonquians

a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast

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Algonquian languages indigenous to the South were limited to those known
today as Virginia Algonquian (Powhatan) and Carolina Algonquian, two groups
of sparsely documented dialects spoken in coastal Virginia and coastal North ...

Gustar ALGONQUIAN ORAL LITERATURES. Algon- quian (also
spelled Algonkian') is a group of about three dozen related languages that
descend from a common ancestor, Proto-Algon- quian, which was spoken about
three ...

Algonquian and Ritwan (the languages Yurok and Wiyot of northern California)
form the Algic language family. Characteristics: very simple consonant and vowel
systems; two genders derived from an animate/inanimate distinction; rich person
...

All northeastern Indians but the Siouan Winneba- gos spoke either Algonquian or
Iroquoian languages. (Besides being a major northeastern language group,
Algonquian was also spoken by former Woodlands and well-known Plains tribes
...

The Confederacy spoke Algonquian, one of the largestlinguistic stocks in native
North America. From well beyond Hudson's Bay on the west, to Newfoundland on
the east, the tribes were all solidly Algonquian. The Algonquians moved down ...

The Confederacy spoke Algonquian, one of the largest linguistic stocks in native
North America. From well beyond Hudson's Bay on the west, to Newfoundland on
the east, the tribes were all solidly Algonquian. The Algonquians moved down ...

The Confederacy spoke Algonquian, one of the largestlinguistic stocks in native
North America. From well beyond Hudson's Bay on the west, to Newfoundland on
the east, the tribes were all Solidly Algonquian. The Algonquians moved down ...

The Confederacy spoke Algonquian, one of the largest linguistic stocks in native
North America. From well beyond Hudson's Bay on the west, to Newfoundland on
the east, the tribes were all solidly Algonquian. The Algonquians moved down ...